As the new year rolls in, I’m again reworking our technology plan in the face of paltry budget. The folks in our Tech Task Force smile at the $15,000 for our yearly budget. For some of their businesses, they couldn’t get through the day on those funds. In that sense, I’m upset at the peanuts I have this year.

In my disjointed way, I do revel in the having so little to work with. It forces me to be creative, recycle, breakdown, swap out, repurpose, and salvage. Without this limited budget, probably wouldn’t have even given the Asus eeePC a second glance. I might have ignored open source software with cheery distain as I eyed more shiny and proprietary software. For these reason, I am thankful for limited budget.